Re: apt-get: 404s on update/install

[Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>]

Craig Dickson <crdic@yahoo.com> writes:

> Karsten M. Self wrote:
> 
> > I'm getting problems with 404 codes on apt-get dist-upgrade or install
> > attempts, in particular, from http.us.debian.org.
> 
> I've seen that occasionally, but usually if I try again after an hour,
> everything's fine. The only exception to that was Wednesday evening this
> week, where the 404's persisted. I took Mozilla and went to look at a
> directory listing of the site, and indeed, the files that the package
> listed claimed were available simply weren't there.
> 
> Thursday evening, all went well. I'm surprised you're having this
> problem late Thursday night, assuming that you sent your mail after
> verifying that the problem was still present.
> 
> As to what causes this, I have no idea, but I think it could be
> prevented if the mirroring system made sure that the actual package tree
> was updated before the package list.

Word on the devel list was that the ftp-master (auric) went down in
the middle of a sync, and hence the inconsistencies.  Should be fixed
by now.

-- 
Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>